Drop Out

Author’s Note: This is a Rurouni Kenshin fanfic-so the characters that are involved are not mine except for the oc: Ceru. This is only fandom and is not made for profit.


It was early in the morning and Ceru, who was swinging a bamboo sword, had Kenshin watching over her. The woman’s eyes were focused on the amount of force she had put into the swing. “Damn it…” Ceru breathed as she had been sweating for the past hour. “Don’t try too hard Miss Ceru.” Kenshin chuckled as he sat down on the steps. “I’m doing alright, but I was only allowed to wield a knife and a staff.” Ceru said calmly.

‘So you have learned how to defend yourself.’ Kenshin thought. He was amused as he wondered how the woman was able to fight. “You are considered a swordsman, aren’t you?” Ceru turned her eyes to him while she continued to swing. “Yes.” He answered. “I killed a few and injured more, but how come I get scared so easily? I wonder…” Ceru stopped swinging the bamboo sword and dropped it. Her eyes were now focused on the ground instead of the sword. “How old are you?” Kenshin asked politely. Picking up the sword off of the ground ,Ceru was about to speak but a gunshot was fired.


“…ah!” Ceru’s eyes widened as she fell on her behind. “Shit…” She muttered to herself. Her body was in shock as she could not get herself to move. “What the hell was that?” Hiko asked as he stepped outside. “Fire…” Ceru breathed as her heartbeat sped up in fear. Kenshin focused his attention on Ceru. Hiko grunted and walked over to the woman and picked her up off of the ground. Ceru was beginning to sweat as her body was frozen. “She’s in shock…” Hiko sighed as he tapped Ceru’s cheek.

Not getting any response, he then moved his hand into her yukata and placed his hand on her chest. “…” Ceru’s eyes twitched a bit. “Heh…” Hiko then grabbed one of her breasts pinching her nipple. Ceru’s body jerked and she backhanded Hiko in the face. He had a red mark on his cheek. “Ah…! Ass, I am awake! I-I’m fine…!” She stammered in embarrassment. Closing her yukata, Ceru turned her face away from him. Kenshin shook his head. “Are you sure? You weren’t making a cute face.” Hiko smirked. “Go somewhere damn it!” Ceru scolded him.

Hiko moved his face close to hers, actually only an inch away. His warm breath made the woman fluster, “Don’t try being cocky with me woman…I can make you enjoy staying here whether you like it or not. I’m not like the men you probably have encountered.” Ceru’s eyes narrowed. “I’m not a whore.” She lashed out. “Got ‘em.” An old man and his grandson had came out of the bushes. The old man held his rifle while the grandson held a dead baby deer. “Sorry about that. We were just hunting.” The old man explained.

“Right. It is the hunting season.” Hiko said sternly while he teasingly pinched Ceru’s cheek. “Oh! You must be that pottery maker that lives out here in the woods.” The young boy pointed to Ceru. “Huh? …Me?” Ceru was surprised. Kenshin chuckled. “I never thought you would be so young.” The boy continued. “I don’t…I’m not…” Ceru tried to explain herself but Hiko had interrupted her. “She’s my assistant.” Hiko said. Ceru was surprised by Hiko’s excuse. “I see. Isn’t it strange for a man to be making pottery though?” That question just hit Hiko’s nerve and Kenshin began to laugh.

Ceru paused for a moment to think what was going on and then caught the gist. Hiko, was of course, pissed at the question still. “Well, we will be on our way now. Nice meeting you people.” The old man waved goodbye then left with his grandson following him from behind. “Feminine.” Ceru kept repeating as she swept the floor in the hallway. The woman kept repeating the word to herself for the past two hours straight.

“Damn she never quits…” Hiko sighed as he made sure that Ceru was doing her job. The past two days could not be any more awkward, earlier this morning Hiko had found Ceru taking a bath and she, without hesitation, clocked him in the head for that. Seeing the woman naked with her hair dripping wet along with the beads of water running down her skin made the man have a grin appear on his face. Ceru’s hair was slick and stuck to her skin smoothly. All Hiko had wanted to do was take her in his bed. It has been a while since he had sex with a woman and seeing Ceru naked made it even worse.

‘She froze when she heard that gunshot though…Not anything new to me, she probably has a bad history of guns…Kenshin had told me that the woman was able to defend herself, but why did I find her laying in a puddle of blood?’ Hiko thought. Ceru had dropped the broom when she heard the sound of a woman’s voice. She looked like she was about to die. “Oh, it’s just Kaoru, Kenji, Yahiko, Sano, and Megumi.” Kenshin happily spoke. It had been a few months since he had seen his wife and son.

“You don’t have to fear them Ceru. They are good people.” Hiko assured the woman by placing his hand on her shoulder. “Alright. Then I won’t be in you way so I will head to my room.” Ceru politely suggested. Before Ceru could make a step in the opposite direction, Hiko had took the woman by her hand. “You’re not going to isolate yourself. You’re staying with me.” He ordered. “…” Ceru did not know how to react to that and was now confused once more.

By the time the two people stared each other down Kaoru with her son following from behind, Kenji, had approached them. “I haven‘t seen you before.” Kaoru smiled cheerfully. “…?” Ceru turned to the woman. “My name is Himura Kaoru, and this is Kenji.” Kaoru introduced herself and the boy who favored in Kenshin‘s appearance. “Nice to meet you ma’am.” Kenji greeted. Ceru nodded and gave a smile, “My name is Yanarabi Ceru.” “So the old man has a wife now. Never thought he would be tied down like that. Some ladies man he is considered to be.” Sanosuke joked as he and Kenshin were chopping up the meat in the kitchen.

“Watch what you say about the ‘old man’ Sano. Master is not married. Miss Ceru has only been here for two days-Master had found her laying in the forest the night before.” Kenshin tried to explain. “So…she is a seductress?” Sanosuke questioned. Megumi who had a basket full of vegetables in her arms walked into the kitchen. “The famous Seijuro Hiko III has caught himself a woman that he is infatuated with. Well, if this woman Ceru is capable of doing that she must have some tricks up her sleeve.” Megumi had a flirtatious grin as she explained her logic, “This man has had women all over him trying to win his heart. But with this random female he had just took in his own home not too long ago has occupied his time…I see philandering.”

The two men stared at the woman then at each other silently. “What?!” Kenshin was in shock as he took a step back. “No way…so this woman Ceru IS a seductress.” Sanosuke laughed. “How are you going to assume that when you haven’t even met Miss Ceru? She is a kind woman who can easily deal with the Master’s advances and she looks younger than she actually is. I know definitely that the woman is not from Japan.” Kenshin said calmly. “How old is she?” Sanosuke was now serious.

“I don’t know. She looks like she could be mistaken for a teenager or at least in her late teens.” Kenshin glanced at the butcher knife that was in his hand. “Too thin.” Megumi commented. “Right.” He agreed as he widened the distanced of the sliced ham. “So, your Master hit that yet?” Sanosuke asked interested in what the two have not been doing. “No. Aren’t you a bit too old to be asking such a thing like that?” Kenshin said teasingly. “Uh…” Sanosuke choked.

“You men are too easy to predict. I will ask Ceru how old she is.” Megumi stated. “Fine…” Sanosuke sighed. Yahiko was walking around the home carefully observing it. Nothing much has changed from the years. “Seems like we are all getting older…” Yahiko sighed as he sat down on the steps. “Older?” Ceru questioned the young man. “H-Hello.” Yahiko gasped as he did not know that Ceru was standing right behind him. “You said something about everything aging?” Ceru tried to interpret what Yahiko was saying.

“Yeah…sorry if I’m bugging you. I’m Myojin Yahiko.” Yahiko scratched the back of his head. “Yanarabi Ceru.” Ceru spoke as she looked around. She had the broom in her hand again. “Kenshin had told me that there was a woman staying here. Nice to meet you.” Yahiko smiled cheerfully. “Same here. How come you all came to visit?” Ceru nodded politely. “Oh, well, you see Master Seijuro is having a birthday so Kenshin wants us to celebrate it.” Yahiko explained. Ceru was surprised. ‘Birth…day? What the fuck did I get myself into?’ She thought with a drop of sweat rolling down her cheek.