Broken

Hello, all. This was actually my first RK fic. Hope you all enjoy it. As a disclaimer, I do not own RK nor do I make any money from writing these fics.

~ Sosoru

Prologue

Lightning flashed across the sky only illuminating the room for just a split second, allowing Kenshin
to look at Kaoru. Her dark blue eyes were wide and full of tears. Her lips were pursed, her cheeks
flushed, while the rest of her exposed flesh was the color of heavy cream. Kenshin kissed her lips
softly, then he slowly moved to her cheeks, catching the tears as they fell from her eyes. The thunder
rumbled, though not as low as his groan as Kaoru stroked Kenshin\'s bare chest. He captured her
hand into his and placed it over his heart. Kaoru\'s expression fell as she began to sob even harder.

\"Hush, Kaoru-dono,\" were his words as he took her lips and kissed her with all the passion in his
heart and fire in his soul. Her body ached for him just to be near, to be in his arms. She never wanted
to let him go.

\"Promise me, Rurouni,\" she sobbed through their kiss, \"...promise you’ll always stay.\"

Kenshin did not say a word, he only laid her body down on the futon and showered her with all the
love he had felt for her over the past few months, but had been too reserved to show. How he loved
her! Her fiery temper, her compassion, the way she would always try to help him with her bokken in
the most impossible of situations. Oh, she was so sweet, such a joy. How could he ever leave her?

How could he?

Kaoru lifted her hand to her face and rubbed the bridge of her nose, trying to rid herself of the
memory. She threw down some money onto the small table she was sitting at, rattling the glass half-full of sake resting upon it. She muffled a few curses as the eyes of dirty, drunken men fell upon her.
Kaoru only fixed her cloak about her and placed the hood over her midnight-black hair. She walked
to the door of the drinking house and was greeted by driving rain. Lightning dove from the low
clouds to the ground not too far from where she stood. It was dangerous out, but she had to continue
on. She drew her cloak closed, covering the hilt of her katana and continued out into the storm. It
wasn\'t long before the rain soaked through and the cold wind started to cut through the fabric
straight to her bones, but she didn\'t shiver. She had known discomfort, this was nothing to her. Her
body was numb to pain, her heart was void of emotion...except when it stormed. And then memories
of him came flooding back into her head, remembering the last time she saw him. Kaoru looked up
to the sky, the heavy rain falling into her eyes, beating hard against fac face. She did not flinch, she
only let the water cleanse her of the memory, so she could stalk the night again.