Sakura Maiden
by Haruka

A gentle breeze stirred the long grass by the riverside. It lifted a long tendril of Kaoru's midnight-blue hair and blew it across the bridge of her nose, tickling her. She yanked it off in annoyance. Most tragic heroines would have their hair blow into their eyes, so they could delicately brush it aside in a ladylike gesture. Was that the reason? she wondered. Could my lack of femininity be why he wasn't interested?
Of course, she thought wryly, that would hardly explain who he did end up with.
Self-pity was unproductive, she knew that. So why couldn't she do something other than sit by the water and feel sorry for herself? Idly, she picked up a fallen sakura petal and proceeded to tear it to tiny bits.

That's pathetic, thought Megumi as she watched Kaoru from a distance. It had been almost a week since Kenshin confessed his love for another--the other being Sanosuke--and Kaoru was still moping around. Yes, it had been a shock to them all, but there was such a thing as getting on with one's life. Megumi headed toward the younger girl determinedly.

Kaoru didn't notice Megumi's presence until the shadow fell across the ruined sakura petal in her hand. She looked up into the Face of Doom.
"What do you think you're doing, sitting here like the world has come to an end? Do you think that will make him change his mind?"
"He's made his choice," Kaoru snapped. "I can live with it."
"Do you call this living? I don't." Megumi knelt beside her. "Ken-san wouldn't want you to pine away like this."
"I just don't understand why!" Kaoru declared. "Maybe I'm not feminine and have a bad temper, but the same could be said for Sanosuke! At least I'm female! What is Kenshin thinking of?!"
"Probably what any of us think of in relationships," Megumi fingered a blade of grass. "Love. Trust. Companionship. I don't see where gender should make a difference where those things are concerned."
"I could have given him those things," Kaoru grumbled.
Megumi smiled at her patiently. "Ken-san will always be your friend, Kaoru. But he obviously needed a different sort of lover."
"So where does that leave me?" Kaoru pouted. "The only other eligible man around here is Yahiko, and I don't think I'm that desperate yet."
"Maybe you should think about expanding your horizons a bit," Megumi suggested.
"You mean go abroad to hunt down a husband? Who would look after the dojo?"
Megumi laughed gently. "Actually, I was thinking something else entirely."
Kaoru turned to ask her what she meant, but never got the chance. Megumi's lips had pressed against her own in a soft, warm kiss.
It was several long moments after Megumi sat back before Kaoru could stop blinking in stunned silence. "W...What was ?"
"That was a kiss, dear," Megumi answered promptly.
"B-But you ... and me ...."
"We're both women, yes."
Feeling more frustrated than shocked now, Kaoru tried one last time, "Megumi! You can't just "
"I'm sorry for not asking permission first, my dear, but I needed to wake you up." Megumi looked straight into Kaoru's blue eyes. "You're a beautiful young woman with a lot to offer the right person. Don't limit yourself to one gender, or you may miss out on that special someone." She leaned forward and kissed Kaoru again.
Kaoru's first instinct was to shove Megumi away, but she didn't. The kiss was ... nice. Soft and gentle, like the hand that caressed her shoulder
Huh?
"Don't be afraid," Megumi whispered in her ear, "I promise I won't hurt you."
Should she be afraid? Kaoru didn't know. There was obviously very little that she did know about stuff like this, or it wouldn't have surprised her so much. Or maybe it would have, since this was Megumi, after all. Megumi, the one who teased her for her youth and inexperience in front of the boys, the one who scolded her for not having enough guts, the one Sano called a sly fox.
Sano. The one who was welcome in Kenshin's bed.
Oh, that felt good. Megumi was kissing her neck.
"Kaoru," she murmured, "do you trust me?"
Did she? In the past, not always, but things had been good between them for a while now. Megumi was like a big sister to her, and even if this wasn't exactly sisterly behavior, Kaoru sensed she had her best interests at heart.
"Yes," she answered firmly.
Megumi's hand slipped inside her kimono.
Kaoru drew a sharp breath. Never had another's hand touched her breasts before, and even though it was over the cloth bindings, the erotic sensation sent prickles over her skin. Megumi continued to kiss her softly, encircling her with one arm while her other hand loosened the bindings. Should I stop her? Kaoru wondered. Or should I help her?
In the end, she did neither, but Megumi managed to remove the cloth barrier without any assistance. She placed her hands on Kaoru's shoulders and eased her kimono off to uncover them. Startled by her sudden exposure, Kaoru crossed her arms over her chest. Megumi smiled and gently pulled them away.
"You have no reason to hide yourself, love. You have a beautiful body."
"Maybe so, but I don't want to show it off to the entire world!" Kaoru argued.
Megumi looked around. "There's no one here, nor is anyone likely to come by." She eyed Kaoru seriously. "Or do you just want me to stop? Because I will if you tell me to."
Should she? A good girl would, Kaoru thought. A ladylike creature such as her mother had been would never allow anyone much less another woman to do such things to her.
But then, no one had ever accused her of being much like her mother.
Megumi took Kaoru's averted gaze and slight shake of the head as the consent it was.
Cool hands roamed over her breasts slowly, deliberately. They squeezed gently as her mouth enjoyed another tender kiss. Megumi's lips traveled over jawline to her throat, then down to mark the spot between her soft mounds. She felt her own arms slip around Megumi as the other woman kissed her right breast.
Realizing that Kaoru now wanted to do more than remain motionless, Megumi reached a hand inside her own kimono and untied the wrapping that bound her breasts. She took Kaoru's hand and drew it against her bare flesh. The younger girl met her gaze in surprise.
"Feels differently when it's someone else, doesn't it?" Megumi said with a smile. She trailed a fingertip around Kaoru's nipple. "Your skin is so soft. Like a sakura petal."
"You're warm ...." Kaoru murmured, her inexperienced fingers tentatively moving against Megumi's left breast. It was probably a stupid thing to say, she realized, not exactly complimentary or encouraging ....
Megumi didn't seem to mind. She just kissed her again and then resumed concentration on Kaoru's breasts.
Is it because she's a woman too that she knows what feels good? Kaoru wondered. Megumi's full lips had begun kissing at the base of her left breast, moving around it in a closing circle until all that remained untouched was her nipple. Then Megumi's mouth closed over that sensitive peak and Kaoru arched her back involuntarily.
Megumi smiled inwardly at Kaoru's reaction. How sad that this lovely girl with such obvious internal passion has been left untended for so long! She spent several minutes working on Kaoru's left nipple; suckling, licking, even nipping it lightly, before moving over to tease the other one. Kaoru was breathing faster, one hand pressed to her forehead while her other arm stayed firmly around Megumi. Was she afraid the older girl would give up and leave? Don't worry, my sakura maiden, Megumi thought warmly. I'm not going anywhere. She shed the remainder of her clothing and removed what was left of Kaoru's before resuming the tending of her breasts.
Kaoru barely noticed and didn't much care that she was now laying nude by the riverside. She'd never imagined such delight could be found in the embrace of another person. She was glad she'd allowed Megumi to continue her ministrations, whether rightly or wrongly. Why shouldn't she enjoy life, maybe even love? Was it so bad to want to be loved?
Megumi placed a hand on Kaoru's right thigh, keeping it still until she had time to get used to the sensation. As she began kissing down from Kaoru's breasts to her stomach, her hand started gliding upwards. Her other hand she used to stroke the left hip, a feeling Kaoru obviously enjoyed from the pleasure-filled sigh she released.
Kaoru almost laughed out loud when Megumi teased her navel with her tongue, but the touch of hands smoothing up and over her thighs, then gently urging them apart stopped her. This was not a time to giggle like a child. This was a time to savor with every nerve of her love-starved body.
Megumi was still nuzzling her stomach when she felt gentle fingers brush between her legs. They lingered for a moment over her mound with its soft curls of midnight-blue hair, causing her to shiver in anticipation. The left labia was taken carefully between two fingers and rubbed in such a way that made Kaoru squirm. She could feel an involuntary release of fluid that had to be coating Megumi's fingers and she flushed with embarrassment. However, Megumi didn't seem to mind at all. In fact, she lifted her moistened fingers to her lips and delicately licked them, meeting Kaoru's wide eyes mischievously.
"You taste sweet, darling," she murmured. "But I want more."
Kaoru watched Megumi lower her head between her legs and what she felt next made her gasp out loud. Megumi was lapping at her vagina with her tongue. Tentatively at first, then with more determination. She thoroughly cleaned the outer labia, then used her fingertips to part them, gaining access to the vagina's depths.
Kaoru's hands dug furrows in the grass on either side of her and she arched her hips as Megumi's tongue tickled her clitoris. How cruel to be teased this way! Just when she was about to scream at Megumi to hurry up, the older girl took the clit between her lips and suckled it. Kaoru's mind went from total clarity to utter oblivion. She couldn't form a coherent thought if she tried she couldn't even remember how to try. And as Megumi began delving her tongue deep inside of her, Kaoru's only desire was that it would never end.
Megumi could tell that Kaoru was getting close by the way she was writhing under her. She continued to lap inside of Kaoru as deeply as she could reach, savoring her partner's first time as much as she was. When Kaoru finally cried out, shuddering, Megumi ceased what she was doing and moved up to where she could gather the trembling girl into her arms.
"You did splendidly, love," she crooned softly into Kaoru's ear, giving her a tender kiss on the lobe. "I hope now you can see that there are others who can love you as well as or better than Kenshin ever could."
Kaoru slowly raised her perspiring face. She leaned forward and kissed Megumi, big blue eyes meeting hers with a twinkle.
"Kenshin who?"

Story contents (C) 1997 Tenou Haruka
No characters here are mine.
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