All For Love- Chapter Four Disclaimer: All characters of Rurouni Kenshin belong to Nobuhiro Watsuki, Jump comics, and Sony. LEMON WARNING: Ok guys, here is that sinful chapter. If you do not like to read this sort of thing, then again, I offer my apologies at writing such things. The door was unlocked, and Megumi slipped inside of Sanosuke�s apartment, closing the door quietly. If anyone saw her, they would surely alert Sano that he had an intruder. She would be here for a while, so she settled into his futon. It was late, and she had waited until Tokio-san had fallen asleep before she had made her escape. She felt terrible about sneaking out but she had many questions for Sanosuke, and he was holding back. Megumi felt her eyelids grow heavy. She wondered how long it would take Sanosuke to arrive when he found out that she had gone. He would be angry with her, no doubt. She yawned and stretched out on the futon. A few minutes of sleep is all I need, she thought as she moved to her side and immediately sank deep into the depths of her dream world. The last thought she had was of his lips pressed softly onto hers... ..She thought she had heard the door slide open. Her dreams were intense and full of images of Sanosuke. He kissed her, touched her, and lay down beside her to finally... The images were so real. She felt the mat sink beside her, and she felt the presence of someone hovering over her. She saw an image of Sano lowering himself once again, and she said his name in anticipation... �Oi Fox, are you dreaming about me?� Megumi�s eyes fluttered open, and she saw Sanosuke hovering over, his face leaned into her neck so that he could whisper into her ear. The scent of him overwhelmed her, and she blushed. He pulled himself up, and gazed knowingly down at her. She blushed. �You have been on my mind a lot lately. Especially since you rescued me. I don�t know how I am going to thank you.� Sano shook his head. �Don�t feel as if you have to. I told you. It is my duty. You�re my foxy doctor, and I don�t want anyone messing with you.� Her blush faded and she became serious. �You say that like it�s an actual job. I keep thinking that there are things that you�re not telling me, because I must admit that waking up in Saitou Hajime�s house was very unusual for me,� Sano was silent. �And I�m still not over seeing you actually wear a Katana on your belt.� Goddamn, she saw that! he thought angrily cursing his stupidity. Sano pushed himself back so that he sat at the foot of his mat. He faced away from her, fuming quietly. She was being too curious. �There are things that you don�t need to know.� �I already know a lot of things. It�s too late to keep anything else from me.� Megumi stated calmly. �If my life is in danger, then I want to know about it.� Sano turned around to face Megumi, and she pulled back momentarily. His eyes seemed to glow with rage as he glared at her. �I should have told Tokio-san to tie you to the futon! You think you know a lot? You didn�t know enough to stay where it is safe. You left the house even though it would be dangerous. You walked these streets at this hour, and you could have been attacked again. I left you there because I knew that no one would think to look for you in Saitou�s house. I also needed time to decide what I was going to do; how I was going to keep you from getting killed. The rape attempt was only the beginning.� She was much more curious now. �What do you mean?� He hated to break this kind of news to her, but she was asking for it. �Some group wants to see you dead. Not only dead, but completely disgraced as a doctor-along with the memory of your father.� Megumi felt her heart stop. Her father? Why would they want to disgrace her father? What had he done? Sano sighed to calm himself down. He read the questions all over her face. �Your father was a well known doctor. Your family is known for its background in medicine, so naturally everyone wants to see a Takani when they are sick. Well, one day your father saw a patient whom he would never be able to forget. The person was an American, and he became sick with cholera. Naturally, he died since cholera is very deadly and there is no way to treat it; but with that came the trouble. �The American was from a wealthy plantation family in the Southern part of the United States. He was here with his father and the old man blamed Takani-sensei for his son�s death. He said that as a doctor Takani-sensei did not try hard enough to help his son. He actually thought that his money could buy some miracle cure for that disease. He could not understand why the young man was locked away in a shack far from the town so that no one else would fall prey. He could not understand why he was not allowed to go near his son. He would not understand, and so when his son died the war began. He declared all over town that Takani-sensei had killed his son, for it was out of pure neglect that his son had died. He demanded compensation for his loss, and so he wanted one member of the Takani family to work for him on his plantation back in the States. He wanted you.� Megumi gasped. �I must have been a twelve years old, then. I was already observing my father by that time, and I knew everything about what went on in that clinic. I knew of all the patients who came in. This must be a mistake. My father had no records of an American with cholera. I filed them all myself. They have the wrong person, Sanosuke.� Sano shook his head. �Your father was so obsessed with that particular file that he kept it to himself. He desperately wanted to help that man, and it hurt that he was unable to do anything for him. Megumi, I�d like to believe that they have the wrong family, but your family�s name is well known in the medical world, and there is only one Takani family of Aizu. He wants you now, like he wanted you ten years ago. Except, now he just wants to ruin your family�s name, and kill you.� Sano stood up and walked over to his bag. He retrieved a thin folder, and handed it to Megumi. �This is the file. His name was Hank Austin, and he was from Mississippi. He was twenty years old, engaged to a young lady named Annabelle Myers, and heir to, Austin Manor, which was their plantation. Hank was the only child to Henry Austin, the current master of Austin Manor, and from what I have learned, pretty crooked with his farm and slave dealings. Henry was unable to follow through with his plans against your father because he feared the Ishin Government, and if he caused any trouble in Japan, he would taste the sword of the Hitokiri Battousai.� Sano paused a moment. He wished that he did not have to tell her all of this. He wanted to take care of it quietly, so as not to worry her. He looked at her, to see if she was all right. He wanted so badly for her to be happy. He hated this situation. It was so petty, and full of shit. His foot just itched to meet Mr. Austin�s ass. Sano met Megumi�s eyes. �Henry Austin could do nothing ten years ago in the Ishin government, and now he believes that he can get away with murder in the Meiji Era. He has a lot of influence with his money, so he has aligned himself with the worst of Japan, one of whom speaks rather good English. He thinks that he is unstoppable. Once he is done with you he will continue with the rest of Tokyo, until he has completely taken control. What an asshole,� Sano added, and shrugged his shoulders. �Now that you know, will you cooperate with me, so that I may keep you safe?� Megumi was silent for a moment. Then she said in a low voice, �How long were you going to keep this information from me? Don�t you think that I would want to do something to defend myself? I don�t want to stand back while you rescue me all of the time. I thank you for your help Sanosuke, but I want to fight this man who insists on tormenting me.� Sano raised his eyebrows as he stared in awe at the Foxlady. She could be really determined in her anger, but she wasn�t being realistic. She had no idea at all. �Fox, I�m here because I don�t want you to deal with that man on your own. I will help you whether you like it or not.� She pondered that for a moment. �Will it only be you, or will you bring that psycho cop to help me as well? Since when did it become normal for him to be involved in my problems-and when did you become so chummy with that heartless Wolf?� Again with the questions. She�s really going to bust my balls about this, Sano thought as he gave the Fox a weak smile. He had no idea why he chose to grace her with such a gesture but her curiosity about the Wolf really made him want to laugh. He had no idea how to answer her- he was still asking himself that same question. He had been for the past year and a half. He shook his head and decided that there was no way out of this. He has to be honest with her about everything. �Megumi, like I told you before, there are things that you don�t need to know, but I don�t want to keep anything from you anymore. You deserve to hear it all.� She nodded and placed her hand on his. �Tell me,� she said in a whisper that struck him right in the heart. He couldn�t hold back anymore. * * * * * * * * * �I work for the Secret Police under Fujita Goro�s command. We all know Inspector Fujita as Saitou Hajime, former Captain of the Shinsengumi�s Third Division. I began to work for Saitou when I found out that he had survived the blast in Shishio Makoto�s arena. I had come to a realization that I respected that bastard and so I sought him out one day to see if he wanted to pick up where he and I had left off in our fight two years ago. It took me a while but I eventually found him stationed in Tokyo, and as before he was spying on Kenshin. He was determined to get Kenshin into another sword fight, and I still wanted to kick his ass for messing up my shoulder. �But as it turned out he purposely came to Tokyo to seek Kenshin�s help on a case. An American was threatening the current state of the Meiji Era, and he wanted to start by harassing a certain doctor friend of mine.� Sano stopped for a moment to reflect on that day, one year and half ago... The tall, thin frame stood by the entrance of the Police Department as if he was expecting a visitor. He held a cigarette between his fingers as his amber eyes regarded Sanosuke coolly. He smirked and turned his back to him. �What do you want, dumbass. I happen to be very busy today. Get out of my face unless you�re going to help me with this case. You may find it rather interesting. The Fox is being targeted by a piece of gangster scum. Care to rescue her?� He turned to glance over his shoulder. �Targeted? Why?� Sano asked. He had been so shocked. He wanted details. He wanted to kick ass as soon as possible. But the Wolf had other ideas. �I don�t know, Ahou. That would explain why the police is investigating the case. I have a lot of work to do. Go away and come back when I get a vacation day.� He turned to walk back into the building, dismissing him with a wave of his hand. Sano saw red all over that damned Wolf. �Oi!! I�m not finished talking to you! If Megumi is in danger then you better start talking or you�re going to have to resume the fight that you started with me six months ago!� Sano was on fire. He was ready to tear into the Wolf and he knew he would win this time. His Futae No Kiwami would crumble any Gatotsu strike Saitou used against him. Saitou stopped and turned again. He had the most serene expression on his face that Sano actually found himself growing uneasy. The Wolf really was a master manipulator. �Instead of fighting me, why not fight that American? He has a rather powerful gang, but I�m sure that you can take them on. That is, with the proper training of course.� Sano knotted his brows together. �What do you mean? I trained enough before the fight in Kyoto. I can take that American. Bring him on!!� Saitou shook his head slowly. �You don�t understand. I�m not accepting any help from you unless it�s officially sanctioned by the Police Department. In other words, you have to work for me. Dumbass.�... Sano�s face twisted momentarily into a scowl. That smug bastard! He knew just how to hook me in, he thought and let his face relax before Megumi noticed. But she was looking so closely at his face, he doubted that she missed anything. He told her the rest of his story as she continued to look at him with the most impassive expression he had ever seen on her face. She was so hard to read right now; he was able to pick up more information from her when she was keeping her secret about her drug dealings with Kanryu. He wondered if this was all too much for her. �Megumi, I don�t know what you�re thinking now, but I hope you can understand why I did this. Saitou and I have the same thought in mind-we want to protect the government. But, I have one other thing in mind. I want to protect you.� Sano stopped and he moved to sit beside Megumi again. He took her hand in his, and boldly kissed her fingers. She smiled in spite of the thoughts that raced within, and she stroked his cheek with one finger. She loved being this close to Sano, and she loved that he had become so gentle. But there was so much to learn about him now it was as if he was an absolute stranger. He had just revealed quite a bit about himself. Perhaps this was her opportunity to let him in on one of her own secrets. Sano still had Megumi�s hand so he traced kisses into her palm, and continued up along her arm now, tracing his lips up the sleeve of her kimono, until he reached the crook of her neck. Megumi did not expect this. A tingle went up and down her spine when she felt his lips brush the line of her jaw, and his tongue dart out to lick her lips. Her eyes grew heavy and she felt his lips close over hers finally pulling her into his desire. She pulled herself back against the pillow, and he came down with her, kissing her lips over and over again. His body pressed down against her, and she felt his hot skin through her clothes. If she was going to object to anything before, it left her mind now for Sano�s kisses brought all of her feelings back. He pressed himself closer, and she slid her arms around him, moving her hands up under his gi to trail her fingers over the muscles of his back. Sano shivered at her feathery touches, and broke away suddenly. He almost jumped off of her as he made his way for the door, but instead of leaving he stood there, his back to her, and his shoulders rising and falling to the rhythm of his deep breaths. He thought he would hyperventilate. He felt foolish right now, and cringed at the look that Megumi would have on her face if he turned around. He had gone too far. She had been attacked just hours ago, and here he was trying to seduce her. God, I should go to jail. I�m no better than that rapist!, he thought angrily, planning to make up for this with hefty hours of unpaid overtime. Sano readied himself. He was going to turn around, and fall down on his knees in apologies to Megumi. Maybe she would have some mercy. He felt a hand slip under his gi. Fingers trailed lightly over his spine, and his mind drifted off momentarily into the depths of his psyche, to the area where he always imagined himself kissing every inch of Megumi�s body. Something stirred within him, and Megumi noticed. �Sanosuke, you like this too much to stop.� She was directly behind him now, standing on her tiptoes, and pressing herself against his back. Her hands came around him to grip his chest, as she pulled him closer, and he felt her burning lips against the back of his neck. Sano�s knees buckled slightly, allowing Megumi to reach higher, and nuzzle the nape of his neck. A groan escaped him as he sank down lower, and he reached out to hold himself up against the door. He couldn�t do this. He had to protect her with everything he had. He just couldn�t do this! Sano felt her body slide down against his, until she was on her knees, before him. He looked down at her, his face showing how anxious he was, and Megumi smiled. Beyond that smile, he saw her carnal thoughts churning within. She took off her kimono. The sight of her flesh stirred him completely. She rose to her feet now, rubbing her naked body against him, and running her lips over his chest on their way to his mouth. One hand moved to squeeze his buttocks, and the other roused the hardness between his thighs. He was ready to pin her against the door. Megumi pressed her mouth to his to ease his groans, and gently parted his lips to touch the tip of his tongue with hers. This soothed him and he succumbed completely to her. He felt her hands trail over him, removing his garments, and caressing him with soft fingertips that teased his skin. She then slid down again, planting kisses down his belly, on his navel, and lower still until she took him between her succulent lips. Megumi felt Sano�s body shudder, as she moved her lips slowly over the length of him, teasing him with her tongue. �Megumi, don�t stop,� came the strangled plea, that faded among his gasps when she ran her hands up his thighs, to let her fingers play with him. She was on her feet again, and meeting Sano�s eager kiss. One hand cupped her right breast, her nipple growing hard against his calloused fingers; his other hand went to creep between her thighs and slip a finger inside of her. His thumb stroked her sensitive spot and she nearly lost control. Sano worked her with his fingers and he loved how beautiful she looked writhing against him in her delirium. He pressed her against the door, and one of her hands went around to the small of his back to pull him closer. She slowed her stroking, and Sano stopped his torture. He lifted one of her legs over his waist, and thrust into her. Megumi�s head fell back against the door, her eyes closing and her mouth parted allowing her moans to escape. Sano�s thrusts were slow, and deep for he wanted to fill her completely. He rained kisses over her face, and delighted in the slickness of her skin as his body grinded against hers. His mind wandered to the times when they argued and teased each other. He had liked her then. He had liked her a lot but he never believed that she felt anything for him in return. Now her small hands were urging him on, and he knew that she was completely his. His thrusts quickened now, and he pinned her to the door, leaning his face into her neck to muffle the moans that escaped him. Her nails were digging into his shoulders, her breath was coming in short gasps, and she felt shivers course through her as he gave her one final thrust. Megumi held onto her savior afraid that he would disappear and leave her to be alone once again. She never wanted to see him go; she wanted to be with him always. Sanosuke�s body quivered beneath her hands, as he felt came into her. In the back of his mind he told himself that he would protect her with everything that he had. He would suffer the blade of a Katana if it meant that she would be safe...he loved her that much. Chapter 5 Fanfiction Archive Main Page |