"(IN THE MIDDLE OF) A RAINY SUMMER NIGHT".
A Rurouni Kenshin lemon by Hikaru Shidou.
All apologies to NON Hentai Kenshin fans and to Watsuki-sensei, I meant
no harm by writing this...
 

"BO...OOOM!!".
Anyone knows why nearly all girls hated so much thunders and lightnings,
like Kaoru.  She was calmly sleeping that rainy night (it was the best
that she could do) and then...
"Why does this always happen to me?", she moaned sitting in the futon. 
"Now this summer storm won't let me catch any sleep.  I suppose that
Megumi-san and Genzai-sensei are having now problems to put the girls to
sleep again.  I hope the guys are aright...".
Pricking up her ears, Kaoru heard Yahiko's sleepy voice whining about the
storm ("what fucking kind o' evil spirit would send us such a big and
wild storm with all its weapons...", and it kept going).  Sanosuke, who
was staying by them that night, was snoring loudly ("how can he calmly
sleep and even snore?!", she thought to herself).
But Kenshin...
Kaoru did her best to hear his voice, or at least his snores, but it was
impossible.  She forced herself awake to get a good result, but again she
couldn't.
"... Don't tell me that he's gone again!", she nearly cried.  "Kenshin!
No, please not, if he leaves me again I'm sure he'll never be back...".
Something inside her snapped as she was on her feet and tore out her
room.  Tears were willing to roll down her cheeks but Kaoru did her best
to suppress them as she reached to the door that led onto the garden...
and she could see him.
Kenshin was standing in the middle of the summer rain, letting it run
through his body and his magenta and gray hakama.  His long, silky red
hair was free, and it sticked to his skin, his clothes, and also to the
X-shaped scar in his cheek.  His blue-violet eyes were closed as he
braced himself and threw his head backwards, feeling the water also in
his face.  He looked rather handsome but strange, Kaoru thought, his
attitude has something wild as she never saw in Kenshin before, not even
in his Battousai state.
"Rain...", he whispered, his voice strangled.  "Rain, wash away the blood
I still have in my hands, purify my whole self, make me forget...  ORO?".
The rain somehow stopped showering him.  Kenshin opened his eyes to see
Kaoru, covering him and herself with an umbrella.
"I thought you were gone, Kenshin", she whispered.  "Don't you scare me
like that again".
"No, Kaoru-dono. I was here, just standing in the rain", he smiled.  "I
couldn't sleep becau...".
BO... OOOOOMMM!!!
A lightning crossed the sky.  This one was more powerful and noisy than
the one before, and its light and noise filled the darkness engulfing it
all for a second.
"KEEENSHIIN!", Kaoru cried in horror, releasing the umbrella as she threw
her arms around him.  He gasped in surprise, but soon he recovered
control and also hugged her tight, leaning over her.
"Kaoru-dono?"
Kaoru loosened her grip on Kenshin, leaning her head on his chest, and
stopped.  This wasn't the first time that she was in his arms, but in the
middle of a rainy summer night, with a twinge of anguish and fear in her
heart, it was different.  Her cheek was pressed against his chest, and
his chin rested on her own head: the feeling of his warm skin and his wet
hair made her feel an unfamiliar pressure on her body.
Kaoru's face turned violently hot, and she thanked the gods that Kenshin
couldn't see her.  Then she heard his voice calling her.
"I... I'm okay", Kaoru managed to whisper.
"Sometimes you're such a child, Kaoru-dono", and realizing that she was
still scared, he ran his hand through her black hair, now also WET. 
Kenshin broke slowly their embrace and saw Kaoru as soaked as himself,
but smiling.
"Let's enter home Kenshin, or soon we'll be sick".
They walked toguether in the rain, what was now much weaker than before,
and as they entered, they could hear Yahiko and Sanosuke snoring in a
perfect rhythm (and Sano's snores were louder than before).
 
Kaoru handed Kenshin a big towel to dry himself, then walked to her
room.  But as she half-opened her night yukata to take it off her body,
letting one of the sleeves slip off her shoulder and half of her arm, she
left a sob escape through her lips, and cried.  It was a relief to see
that Kenshin wasn't gone, but who could assure her that he wouldn't leave
again?
She was so afraid of it...
Kenshin took off the top of his kimono and dried his hair, walking to his
room.  But then he heard Kaoru's sobs.  He tossed the towel aside, opened
the sliding door (closing it immediately) and walked his way to her
silently, kneeling next to her.
"What's wrong, Kaoru-dono?", he whispered from behind.  She stopped
sobbing, but not only by hearing his voice, confirming that Kenshin was
still at home; it was also by the sensation of his soft, warm breath on
her neck, sending shrivers through her.
To confort her, Kenshin leaned his hand on her shoulder.  Kaoru could
only brush it with her own one...
Should she tell him now the way she wanted them both to feel that rainy
and now quiet night?
It was now or never.
"You... always make me feel worried about you, Kenshin...", Kaoru managed
to said, seconds after, and turned to confront him.  He stared at her and
blushed: she did it forgetting that she still had her yukata half open,
so despite the darkness he was having a VERY nice view of her, so nice as
the one she had of him in between the rain.  But now she didn't ever
notice that.
"Kao--", but he was cut off when she, giving him no time, lifted her face
and made their lips meet.  Kenshin's eyes flew open, it had been much
more than a while since he had last kissed any woman's mouth, and he had
yet forgotten what was feeling a pair of lips pressed against his' like. 
And it didn't feel much like the lips of her, of his former love Tomoe...
She broke the kiss and looked at him with teared eyes.
"Kenshin", she said in a low voice.  "Now you get why I was crying,
what's the way you make me feel like?".
He stood motionless.  Kaoru, unable to continue, buried her face on his
bare chest and said nothing, waiting for a negative answer.  But then she
felt his hands placed in her back, stroking her as if she was a kitten.
"Oh, Kenshin...".
Words weren't needed at that moment, so Kenshin showed her that he
perfectly got her idea, by leaning over Kaoru and kissing her back.  But
now that he had remembered how to kiss, he slowly stuck his tongue inside
her mouth.
She was more than surprised as she felt his tongue parting her lips
("that was his plan?  I thought he was a naive boy..."), but she welcomed
it, letting it dance with her own one.  To kiss him more deeply, she
leaped over his lap and it made Kenshin lose his balance, falling
backwards and onto the futon.  Reflexively he grabbed her wrist, and she
fell over him, her head again pillowed over his chest.
"How much I've been waiting for this moment".
"Shhh, Kaoru-dono, I know now", he said brushing her tears with the back
of his hand.  "Maybe since that time when I opened the door of the
bathroom and then you were naked before my eyes?".
"Ma...maybe.  But now I don't have any other thought... than being in
your arms.  You make me feel so good, I want you so bad...".
"That's not what you told me minutes ago".
"But...".
"But since you've been waiting, I shouldn't waste any time".
He pulled her slightly apart of him, then sat up with Kaoru sitting on
his lap.
"Kenshin --"
He slipped a hand underneath the yukata, letting it run over her damp
body while he kissed her lips again, cutting her off.  Kaoru moaned in
his mouth and that gave him enough courage to try another move.  Now that
his body remembered what those feelings and sensations were, how did
Tomoe teach him to use them, he also wanted her to feel it, knowing that
they maybe wouldn't have any other chance to uncover themselves without
words.
Kenshin left his hand get out of the yukata and, with trembling fingers,
searched for the knot of her obi and undid it.  She slipped both arms out
of the sleeves and left the yukata slide down off her.  It revealed her
fully naked body to him, but this time he didn't blush.  Nor did he stop.
"You're... beautiful, Kaoru-dono.  Beautiful like an angel", he smiled
and began moving his hands down her lovely body again.  Kaoru ran her
hands up his own one, feeling the firmness of his muscles and how still
wet was his hair.
"Don't make me blush saying things that I've always known!", she teased
to hide his nerves.
Kaoru's hands made their way to his gray obi and, as he just did, undid
it.  But Kenshin had no intention to let her undress him... yet.  He
placed his hands in her back and pulled her against him again, a little
more forward than before.
"Nobody would imagine that I, a man once known as Hitokiri Battousai, the
most cold-blooded assassin, could want so bad to make a girl's night one
to remember forever", he whispered, his voice deep and tender, as his
bangs touched her neck.  "I made you cry and suffer while I was searching
for the Ippon Gatana and Shishi-o Makoto, Kaoru-dono...  Then let me
return that feelings to you, but turned into love".
"Is that true?", she asked half teasingly.
He got her meaning.  "This will make you find out, I hope".
Her nipples were rubbing against his chest, so he lifted his hands and
ran his fingers hesitantly up to her torso.  She was breathless for a
moment, but even more as Kenshin reached to her breasts and gently began
to squeeze them.  A whimper grew in her throat as her tender nipples
hardened at his touch.  True - no one, even his or her friends, had to
know how much or in which way Himura Kenshin would even dare to think
about making love to her.  And neither better if nor even Megumi or Misao
did.
Kaoru's eyes closed, then squeezed shut as Kenshin leaned forward,
pushing her onto the floor and positioning her under him.  Soon his
tongue was active again... circling a nipple in quick motion, teasing it,
nibbling on it, making her whimper and moan.  She pressed into Kenshin
slightly, pushing all other thoughts off her mind.  Except one.
"I PRAY THE GODS THAT YAHIKO AND SANO ARE STILL ASLEEP...".
And the gods heard her plea, because Sano began to snore EVEN louder than
before, as the rain also fell down harder covering her moans...
 
Relieved, Kaoru ran her hands through his red hair, grabbing his head and
trying to bury his face between her breasts, allowing him a better
access.  Of course he didn't refuse it and, while kissing and licking one
breast, he caressed the other, loving to hear her voice calling softly
his name.
 
After a few more minutes, Kenshin lifted his head and looked right into
Kaoru's black-bluish eyes, enjoying the sight of her.  God, she was
beautiful like that, smiling in the darkness, her body glistening with
sweat, her long black hair spread around her.
"I... I love you Kenshin", she whispered.  "I don't mind who you were and
what you did.  I love you just the way you are now".
"I know.  And that was the reason because I came back to you,
Kaoru-dono", was his answer.
She ran her hands over his body again.  "He's made of stern stuff", she
thought as she felt his muscles tensing, and he held her in his arms as
if he had to do it to survive to the fire raging within him.  Though
Kenshin had a light complexion, his muscles were strong and firm like
steel.  His skin was coarse, however, and she could feel also a lot of
scars on it.  That made Kaoru remember the X-shaped one, and she kissed
it.
"It's your trademark, Kenshin.  With it, people recognize you everywhere
you go.  That includes me...".
He replied by kissing her hard and holding her tight again.  That gave
Kaoru a chance to undress Kenshin... by wrapping her thighs around his
waist and softly, but firmly, pulling all his clothes off and down his
legs, using her feet and ankles.
Kenshin noticed this when it was too late but didn't stop.  When she
kicked his kimono aside, he broke the embrace and looked astonished, his
eyes fully open and panting heavily.  Now he was naked before her eyes,
and his shaft was now pressing hard to her thigh!
"Oro?!... No fair, Kaoru-dono", he half pouted, not knowing what to say.
"You know you HAVE to be naked before doing this.  You wasn't, I did it
for you", she giggled, her eyes gleaming mischievously, but secretly
hoping that he wasn't disappointed of her.  And he wasn't feeling down,
but also planing something.
 
Meanwhile, Kenshin's hand reached to her crotch and went even lower. 
Kaoru's thighs reflexively spread at this strange sensation.
"KENSHIN!", she said tensing.
"This is my way to take you by surprise", he replied with the same
mischievous grin planted at his face.  His fingers touched delicately her
clit and Kaoru's whole body shuddered.  She had to bite down her lip not
to let escape a cry of pleasure.
"Ken...shin...", she whispered passionately, lifting her hips.  Kenshin
sighed deeply, moved down, and began to flicker his tongue around her
pussy lips and clit in a circling motion, slowly, tenderly, his breath
brushing over her crotch and the layer of black hair of her womanhood...
Hearing her moan and feeling her thrusting her body at him, made very
hard for Kenshin to control his own body, but he forced himself to
control.  His member was getting harder and harder, painful by seconds,
but he wasn't willing to lost control, not now that she was melting under
his touch... If Kenshin had to come, it would be inside Kaoru, for sure!
Kaoru panted even heavier than before nearly lost in that wave of heat,
love, and desire.  From time to time, while practising her Kamiya-Kashin
moves, while seeing him perform the Hiten-Mitsurugi style, while
daydreaming, while tensing because of Yahiko's continous teasing, while
talking about him to Misao and making the Oniwabanshu tomboy swear
secrecy, she secretly wondered to herself how would be Kenshin's
lovemaking like.  Now she was experiencing it, wondering now how a former
bloodthirsty, cold assassin like him could be able to be such a tender,
but also passionate, lover.
 
Kenshin suddenly stopped to look at her again.
"Kaoru...", he began, but she put a finger over his lips.
"I know what comes next, Kenshin... and I'm ready for it".
He nodded, knowing that the moment had come.  Then he put himself in
between her open legs and began to enter Kaoru, taking her hips in his
hands, slowly sliding his member inside her tight, wet cunt, not wanting
to hurt his lover, nor to give up too soon.
Suddenly Kaoru shuddered and gritted her teeth, eyes wide shut.  Kenshin
stopped and looked at her.  Tears were rolling down her cheeks.  It
confirmed Kenshin that Kaoru was a virgin, and made him feel guilty.
"I...  I'm sorry".
She briefly kissed his scarred cheek.  "I told you that I knew.  Now
don't worry, everything will be okay".
At that, Kenshin continued plunging himself into her until he couldn't
give her more, while she frantically dugged her nails in his skin and
wrapped again her legs around his strong body as if willing him to crush
her.  It relieved him from his last worry, and Kenshin began to thrust in
and out of her.
"You feel... so good...", he moaned before kissing her, and she could
taste herself in his mouth.  Her own musk and juices.  Sweet as they
could be.
"What?", she thought.  "You think I just feel good?  Then you'll know
what's the meaning of the word BETTER, Kenshin!!".
Kaoru's pain quickly disappeared, as the pleasure came back to her,
making her gasp for breath.   Using her legs and thighs, she began to
follow Kenshin's rhythm that increased a bit every time as he thrusted,
and she was sliding up and down his shaft.  Both were nearly lost,
slamming their areas and mouths toguether, kissing wildly and invading
each other...
"Kenshin... my love... hope this... rainy night never ends...", Kaoru
moaned, sent into a world of heated madness that she never thought that
she could reach...
He couldn't reply in words, but after some more minutes of thrusting,
kissing, caressing and entering her, he was overtook by desire and came,
shooting his fire inside of her.  She desperately kissed him, shutting
again her own voice up in order not to wake the others up, and also to
tell him how that fiery, wonderful pleasure was driving her mad...
 
But everything comes to an end.  It was after their orgasm faded slowly,
and Kaoru found herself tightly wrapped in Kenshin's arms.
"... I love you...", she whispered softly.
He kissed Kaoru, and pulled back his now semi-hard member out of her. 
Then he gently rolled over her, reversing their positions, and she was
again leaning over him.  He waited to let the sweat and passion cool a
bit...
 
Minutes later, Kaoru lifted her face from his chest, smiling again.  Her
long black hair was forming a blanket over them.
"It was now or never, wasn't it?", he said softly.
"You never know when you have to fight for your life", she said sliding
her soft fingers across his muscles.  "And you don't even know if you'll
win that battle.  I didn't want you to die before telling you how much I
loved you, Kenshin".
"We were one by a moment, Kaoru-dono.  Thanks...".
"You're thanking me?", she blinked.
"Not only for this...", he kissed her forehead, "but for all you've given
to me since we met.  A place I could call 'home', friends, a chance to
re-start again, hope... and your love.  If most years of my life were a
bloody inferno, this whole night is the beginning of my happiness.  Our
happiness".
His face was radiant with a deep emotion, and his smile was the most true
and tender that Kaoru have ever seen.
"Thanks to you and the Gods...  Kenshin...  I love you...", she whispered
while a tear of joy fell down her cheek, and she put herself to sleep in
that arms that cradled her like a little child. 
The arms of her beloved, of the man that she would love until the end of
times.
 
Kaoru woke up as early as usual.  But something was different from the
last night.
First, she was totally dressed in the same yukata that she was wearing
then. Second, she was in her futon, covered with the blankets, as if
nothing had happened.
And third... Kenshin wasn't there.
She sat up shocked... then realized that the person who dressed her tied
the obi as if it was the obi of a male kimono, not the way that she used
to tie it.
Kaoru got up and run her hand up her neck.  Yes... she was still able to
feel the warmth of his skin, the touch of his gentle hands, his tight
embraces... She smiled tenderly and sighed.
"It wasn't a dream after all", she whispered.
Kaoru tied the obi in the right way and was about to go out of her room
when she heard three voices.  Yahiko, Sanosuke and Kenshin!
What were they talking about?
She was curious, so she pricked up her ears again...
"Heh, what a terrible storm!", Yahiko said sleepily as he stretched
himself and yawned.  "Today I'll be totally out in the training, I
couldn't sleep at the whole night".
"Hmmm, sounds funny", Sanosuke said.  "Last night I slept as normal...".
"But snoring as if you were a dragon, Sano!  I wonder how could Kenshin
and Kaoru sleep, I'm sure your snores were loud enough to fill the whole
house!".
"Why you...".
Kenshin also stretched himself.  Sano and Yahiko looked at him wide-eyed.
"Hey, Kenshin, you're also about to be out?", Sano asked.  "Were you the
whole night up?".
"Oro?!"
"Guys, I think that Kenshin has a hidden secret", Yahiko in a said
mocking-serious tone.  "I'm sure that I heard a voice moaning loud in the
middle of the night, maybe...".
"SO YOU... AND JO-CHAN...?".
Kaoru nearly fainted, then opened a bit her door to see the three friends
looking to each other.  For a second, silence fell over the whole Kamiya
Dojo.  But after that, Kenshin laughed and said loud...
"That's not of your business, Yahiko-chan!!".
"DON'T YA CALL ME YAHIKO-CHAAAAAAN!!", and Yahiko tried to hit Kenshin
but he avoided his fist playfully and went running, laughing, with Yahiko
and Sanosuke chasing after him.
"Dear, dear Kenshin", Kaoru whispered.  "You're still here by me...".
That rainy summer night began with thunders and lightnings, and ended
full of the most pure and fiery feelings.  Kaoru had nothing to regret,
and she smiled as she went out and ran to them.
"HEY YOU GUYS!  KENSHIN!  YAHIKO!  SANO!  WAIT FOR ME!! HEY, MEGUMI-SAN,
NOW THAT YOU'RE COMING IN, CLOSE THE FRONT DOOR!!".
 

AUTHOR'S NOTES:
And... yeah, I re-wrote this story with the help of my friend Minako.  By
the days I wrote it I wasn't the Kenshin hardcore expert I am now *
giggles *, so I made some mistakes.  I corrected them and added some more
phrases to decorate it, so Kenshin fans, go and enjoy!
And you * blink * Slam Dunk fans, read also the Hana-Ru lemon I'm also
sending to you!!
 
Any comments to: Amy, AKA Hikaru (arod_conde@hotmail.com).